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August 1, 2017

Digitized Church Records for Arroyo in Puerto Rico

Before I go into the below records, I need to answer two questions that are being asked by many.

I am not the holder of these church records. They are maintained by FamilySearch. While the records are available on their website, currently they are not easy to navigate until they make their changes which will take them a while as they are concentrating on digitizing their records. I have many years of experience navigating their website so I fully understand how to jump around and find the books I seek. There are many others who have the same level of experience on their website. I supply the breakdown for those that are new, don't know how to navigate the website, or those who would rather have a link to the book for easy access.

Another question pertains to available church records. Not all churches in Puerto Rico were filmed by the LDS as the Roman Catholic Church closed access to their records. Note that if the church is not currently in the catalog then it never will be. You can Google to find out why this is the case.

Moving onto Arroyo, it is a municipality that sits between Guayama and Patillas and was founded in 1855. If you are seeking records prior to this
time, I recommend that you look at Guayama as it would have been part of
that region prior to being established.

There are only 3 films on church records available for this municipality. The records are as follows:

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I have been researching my ancestry since the early 1990’s
and I’m an avid genealogist. Many ask why I share information freely. Well, I am a
firm believer that every person has a right to know and not be blocked from finding
out who they are. People who are adopted, an unknown parent, grandparents, not
knowing their culture, and the worst, loss of history due to the ugliness of
slavery. I share the information in memory of my father, Luis Bayala Delgado, who always advised me that to know
your family and history is to know yourself. Our daily evening joke was him asking me, "How many muertitos did you bother today?". Hope these posts will lead you to a successful journey.

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